Mercado, Ignatio |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1648, Parañaque, P.I. Died: 1698, Bauan in Luzon, P.I. |
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Augustinian friar working in several places in the Philippines; he collected and drew plants. Author of a book on Philippine medicinal plants.1 He is commemorated in the genus Mercadoa Naves (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936). |
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No record of any collections of this pre-Linnean collector. |
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(1) ‘Libro de medicinal de esta tierra y declaraciones de las virtudes de los orboles y plantas que están en estas islas Filipinas’ (revised and illustrated by P.Fr. Celestino Fernandez-Villar in Blanco, Flor. Filip. ed. 3, 42, 1880, VI, p. 1-63). For particulars on his MS. cf. Merrill in Bull. Bur. of Agric. Manila no 4, 1903, p. 10-11. |